Twitter, help me identify this spice! It was introduced to me in a Chiang Mai culinary school, used as part of a spice mixture for laap moo, but they didn’t know an English name. Can’t find it online, haven’t seen it in the US.
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Yes, I should have gotten them to write it down its name in Thai, but I didn’t think to!
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Interesting!! I wonder if “laep” is etymologically related to “laap” (i.e. the dish in which it was used)
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Nope, turns out they’re Heracleum persicum seeds. figandquince.com/2015/06/12/gol
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Huh. Looks like angelica seeds / hogweed seeds. Never seen them in Thai cooking (spent 4 months in Thailand this year), but I've seen it in middle eastern kitchens before iirc.
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Ironically, others identified this as Heracleum persicum seed, which is “often erroneously sold as angelica seed”! figandquince.com/2015/06/12/gol
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